cyclic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós). Possibly from cycle +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪklɪk/, /ˈsɪklɪk/

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Adjective

cyclic (comparative more cyclic, superlative most cyclic)

1. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.

   The weather had a cyclic pattern of rain and sun.

   • 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: N.E. cyclic m.u. workings”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136:

     Our recent article on the York-Knaresborough-Harrogate branch mentioned that the diesel multiple-units covering the passenger service did so in the course of complicated cyclic diagrams.

1. (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.

   Benzene and cyclohexane are both cyclic compounds.

2. (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.
3. (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.
4. (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.

Synonyms

• (happening at regular intervals): periodic; see also Thesaurus:periodic

Antonyms

• acyclic

Derived terms

• cyclic chorus
• cyclicity
• cyclic number
• cyclic poet
• macrocyclic
• oligocyclic
• pentacyclic
• polycyclic
• tetracyclic
• tricyclic

 

Translations

characterized by, or moving in cycles

• Asturian: cíclicu
• Belarusian: цыклі́чны (cyklíčny)
• Bulgarian: цикличен (bg) (cikličen)
• Catalan: cíclic (ca)
• Czech: cyklický
• Danish: cyklisk (da)
• Dutch: cyclisch (nl)
• Finnish: toistuva (fi), syklinen (fi), säännöllinen (fi)
• French: cyclique (fr)
• Friulian: ciclic
• German: zyklisch (de), periodisch (de)
• Greek: κυκλικός (el) (kyklikós)
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• Hebrew: מחזורי m (makhzory), מחזורית f (makhzoryt)
• Hungarian: ciklikus (hu)
• Indonesian: siklis (id)
• Italian: ciclico (it)
• Japanese: 周期的な (しゅうきてきな, shūkiteki na)
• Latvian: ciklisks
• Polish: okresowy (pl) m, cykliczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: cíclico (pt)
• Russian: цикли́ческий (ru) (ciklíčeskij), цикли́чный (ru) (ciklíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cearclach
• Spanish: cíclico (es)
• Swedish: cyklisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: циклі́чний (uk) (cyklíčnyj)

of a compound having chains of atoms arranged in a ring

• Bulgarian: пръстенен (prǎstenen), цикличен (bg) (cikličen)
• Catalan: cíclic (ca)
• Finnish: syklinen (fi)
• German: ringförmig (de)
• Greek: κυκλικός (el) (kyklikós)
• Hungarian: gyűrűs (hu), ciklikus (hu)
• Irish: fáinneach
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• Italian: ciclico (it)
• Japanese: 環式の (かんしきの, kanshiki no)
• Polish: pierścieniowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: cíclico (pt)
• Russian: цикли́ческий (ru) (ciklíčeskij)
• Tagalog: salkupin

having parts arranged in a whorl

• Catalan: cíclic (ca)
• Finnish: kierteinen (fi)
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• German: ringförmig (de)
• Irish: timthriallach

being generated by only one element

• German: zyklisch (de)
• Hungarian: ciklikus (hu)
• Italian: ciclico (it)
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• Polish: cykliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: cíclico (pt) m
• Russian: цикли́ческий (ru) (ciklíčeskij)
• Swedish: cyklisk (sv)

able to be inscribed in a circle

• Greek: εγγράψιμος (el) (engrápsimos)
• Hungarian: ciklikus (hu)
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• Indonesian: siklik
• Irish: ciorclach
• Malay: siklik

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} cyklisk (sv) (1,2,4)
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